Apparatus for making neckties



March 22, 1938. N. GOLD APPARATUS FOR MAKING NECKTIES Filed Dec. 4, 1956 A TTORNEYS.

NATHAN EULD JNVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 22, 1938 UNITED 4 Claims.

This invention relates to a means for laying out necktie material, and has for its principal object the provision of positive locating means for accurately positioning and maintaining patterns for cutting the material with the least amount of Waste. This same means also serves as a double check on the layout operation by providing a guide for each of two edges of the patterns and the material cut in accordance therewith.

Another object is the provision of additional means for accurately arranging the necktie ma terial in'parallel relation to the cutting table.

These and other objects will appear as my invention is more fully hereinafter described in the accompanying drawing and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective-fragmentary view of anelongatedtable, or support, for laying out and cutting the necktie material.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view of Figure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the draw- Reference numeral 1 indicates an elongated table top supported by any number of suitable legs 2. Along one side of the table top, I mount a guide bar 3. The bar is slightly spaced from the side wall of the table by means of spacers 4 which may be varied in thickness to compensate for any irregularities or warpage in the side of the table so that the bar 8 may be maintained at absolute right angles to guide cords 5 arranged transversely of the table and removably secured to the sides thereof, by any suitable means, such for instance, as the posts 6 and hinges l.

The necktie material to be cut is indicated at 8 and is smoothly spread out lengthwise of the table as shown. In arranging the material on the table it is important that its edges be in parallel relation to the sides of the table. The guide cords 5 are provided for this purpose and any pattern or design in the material, as well as the weft thereof, running transversely of the material may be quickly and conveniently aligned with the guide cords to arrange the edges of the material in parallel relation to the side edges of the table as aforesaid. Thus arranged, the material is ready to receive any number of patterns, generally indicated at 9,.which abut each other as shown to provide substantially parallel edges l0 and II. As a means for locating the edge H of the patterns in parallel relation to the edges of the material and the guide bar 3, I provide a slidable abutment, generally indicated at I2, and

consisting of a main body portion l3 having a flange l4 extending downwardly and into sliding engagement with the guide bar 3. The remainder of the body portion of the abutment extends in- ,5

wardly over the top of the table and is mounted by means of a spacer block I5 to a plate 16. Superimposed upon the inwardly turned portion of the main body is a swingable bail member I! pivotally mounted, as at l8, to a spacer block l9 mounted upon the body member. These spacer blocks, of course, may be of various thicknesses for vertical adjustment of the bail member. The

' block l9 that carries the bail member is also adjustably mounted to the body member by means of bolts l9a extending through elongated slots I91). This permits of inward or outward adjustment of the bail member.

When applying the guide to the table and the material to be cut, the plate I6 is first inserted beneath the material and then advanced until the downwardly turned flange l4 abuts the guide rail 3. Following this, a number of suitable Weights are placed upon the patterns at various points and also at a point directly above the plate I6. These weights maintain the patterns in place and also prevent the abutment l2 from moving away from the guide bar 3. When the cutting operation begins, the operator presses his body against the flange l4 and maintains the guide in proper working relation to the guide bar, patterns and material.

To properly locate the diagonal edges 20 of the patterns, I provide an adjustable guide mem' ber, generally indicated at 2|, which consists of an angularly shaped body member 22 having a downwardly turned flange 23 adapted for wiping contact with the guide bar 3. Extending outwardly from the main body andat right angles thereto, is an arm 24 to which is adjustably mounted, as'at 25, a cross arm 26 which is pivoted at its end, as at 27, to a link 28 which is pivoted, as at 29, to the arm 25. These arms are adjustably and pivotally inter-connected so that the angle A between them may be increased or 4 decreased to accommodate the particular angular formation or arrangement of the patterns being used.

The patterns shown in Figures 1 and 3 are of. more or less conventional design and consist of one portion 30 used to cut out material for the large end of a tie, and another portion 3| used for cutting out material for the small end of the tie. Each set consists of two portions, as aforesaid, which when placed together form parallel edges 32 and 33, and it is important that these edges in each set be maintained parallel when a number of sets are placed side by side in the direction of the length of the table, as shown. In methods heretofore used for laying out patterns, the operator would guide himself by guess work in endeavoring to maintain the patterns edges parallel with each other as aforesaid, and their other edges parallel with the material being cut. In the absence of any positive means for guiding, positioning and maintaining the patterns in proper relation to the work being dealt with, as aforesaid, such methods resulted in great inaccuracies and considerable waste of material, not only due to the insufficiency of the means for accomplishing the work, as aforesaid, but also because of the slippage between, and distortion of, the number of sheets of material which are usually stacked one above the other so that a number of pieces may be cut out with one cutting.

Applicants guiding and stabilizing means overcome all the objectionable features of the old methods heretofore used by providing a positive guide and abutment for two angularly disposed edges of the patterns. By means of these guides, the edges of the patterns may be firmly pressed against, and maintained in alignment with, the horizontal and transverse guides. The edge of the material is also maintained in its parallel relation to the table by means of the bail member I! whose bottom edge bears against the material and whose front face forms the abutment for the patterns.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is:-

1. Apparatus for laying out necktie material and applying patterns thereto, consisting of a flat working surface, means slidably mounted along one edge of the working surface for receiving two contiguous edges of patterns being dealt with, and guide elements arranged transversely of the working surface for aligning necktie material therewith.

2. Apparatus for laying out necktie material and applying patterns thereto, consisting of a flat working surface having two parallel edges, means slidably mounted along one of the edges for receiving two contiguous edges of patterns placed upon the material, and guide elements arranged transversely of the working surface.

3. Apparatus for laying out necktie material and applying patterns thereto, consisting of a flat working surface, two independent means slidably mounted along one edge of the working surface to form guides for the patterns, one of said means forming an abutment for the edge of the patterns parallel to the edge of the working surface and the other means serving as an abutment for the edges of the patterns arranged obliquely thereto, and guide elements arranged transversely of the working surface for aligning necktie material with respect thereto.

4. Apparatus for laying out necktie material and applying patterns thereto, consisting of a flat working surface having two parallel edges, means slidably mounted along one ofv the edges for receiving two contiguous edges of patterns placed upon the material, and guide elements arranged transversely of the working surface for aligning the necktie material therewith.

NATHAN GOLD. 

